testily
Example Sentences
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“As for other speed competitions testing human physical attributes,” he writes testily, “there is no stranger category than the many kinds of disgusting speed-eating contests.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
He testily responds with, "So? I don't need a phone and a watch!"
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2021
Marie-Laure Satta, at 37 one of the senior nurses, confronts them testily, with Reynier looking a little lost at her side.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 17, 2020
Pressed as to why Trump would make a jocular reference to a pandemic that has cost at least 120,000 American lives, he responded testily: “Asked and answered.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 21, 2020
“Of course I don’t know the gravity of the situation,” I said testily, “because you don’t trust me enough to tell me what’s going on.”
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
